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I don’t know if I just invented that term or if it already exists, but I know it when I experience it. What it means is, when I see my elderly sister who has dementia looking forlorn or bored, I am stricken. I feel like I need to try harder. Sometimes I feel resentful and […]

One of the many challenges an accidental caregiver will encounter is dealing with the mass of paper work that comes with your new responsibility, or worse, the lack of what you need. I have been wading through the inadequate documentation that came with my sister in April. I’ve made a lot of headway but I […]

I have come to realize that my sister does not see herself as having dementia. I look at her and see an elderly woman who definitely has dementia, yet is still highly functional. She thinks of herself as having memory problems but not much else is wrong. I took her to visit a place not […]